Three Officials

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"Three Officials" is a renowned set of poems by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu that vividly depicts the suffering of common people under oppressive government policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese literary work
Tang dynasty poetry
poem cycle
associatedWith Three Separations NERFINISHED
author Du Fu NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
createdBy Du Fu NERFINISHED
depicts oppressive government policies
suffering of common people
form regulated verse
genre realist poetry
social criticism
hasPart Stone Moat Official
Tongguan Official NERFINISHED
Xingyuan Official
historicalContext An Lushan Rebellion NERFINISHED
includedIn Du Fu poetry collections
influenced later Chinese social realist poetry
isRenownedFor critique of government misrule
vivid realistic description of peasant life
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
literaryMovement High Tang poetry NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
metricForm lüshi
portrays abuse of power by local officials
forced conscription
heavy corvée labor
setting frontier and war-torn regions of Tang China
studiedIn Chinese literature curricula
theme corrupt officials
human suffering
poverty
social injustice
taxation burden
war and conscription
timeOfCreation 8th century

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Du Fu notableWork Three Officials